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Physicist Describes New Mechanism for Magnetisation of the Universe

Magnets have practically become everyday objects. Earlier on, however, the universe consisted only of nonmagnetic elements and particles. Just how the magnetic forces came into existence has been researched by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schlickeiser at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. In the journal Physical Review Letters, he describes a new mechanism for the magnetisation of the universe even before the emergence of the first stars.

2 Jan 2013

Cosmic High-Mass, High-Charged Particle Radiation Can Cause Cognitive Problems

As if space travel was not already filled with enough dangers, a new study out today in the journal PLOS ONE shows that cosmic radiation – which would bombard astronauts on deep space missions to places like Mars – could accelerate the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

2 Jan 2013

Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope Targets Galaxies Powered by Supermassive Black Holes

Of the three telescopes carried by NASA's Swift satellite, only one captures cosmic light at energies similar to those seen by the human eye. Although small by the standards of ground-based observatories, Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) plays a critical role in rapidly pinpointing the locations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the brightest explosions in the cosmos.

29 Dec 2012

Neutrinos May Explain Absence of Anti-Matter in the Universe

A collaboration with major participation by physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has made a precise measurement of elusive, nearly massless particles, and obtained a crucial hint as to why the universe is dominated by matter, not by its close relative, anti-matter.

27 Dec 2012

CASIC and PKU Enter Partnership in Quantum and Other Advanced Technologies

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and PKU signed a strategic partnership agreement to provide framework for future cooperation.

26 Dec 2012

Applied Ventures Invests in Aventa Technologies to Promote High Temperature Superconductor Technology

Aventa Technologies, Inc., a provider of manufacturing equipment for emerging alternative energy markets such as high-temperature superconductors (HTS), announced today that Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc., has made a strategic investment in its series A financing. The investment will be used to support its operation to commercialize the equipment the HTS industry needs to meet growing global demand.

24 Dec 2012

Novel Photonic Simulation Emulates Key Properties of Electronic Topological Insulators

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a simulation that for the first time emulates key properties of electronic topological insulators.

24 Dec 2012

New System Successfully Classify Symmetry-Protected Phases of Matter

Condensed matter physics – the branch of physics responsible for discovering and describing most of these phases – has traditionally classified phases by the way their fundamental building blocks – usually atoms – are arranged. The key is something called symmetry.

24 Dec 2012

Higgs Boson Heralded as Most Important Scientific Discovery of 2012

The observation of an elusive sub-atomic particle, known as the Higgs boson, has been heralded by the journal Science as the most important scientific discovery of 2012. This particle, which was first hypothesized more than 40 years ago, holds the key to explaining how other elementary particles (those that aren't made up of smaller particles), such as electrons and quarks, get their mass.

21 Dec 2012

Photons Take Coordinated, Random Paths

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have demonstrated that photons (light particles) emitted from light sources embedded in a complex and disordered structure are able to mutually coordinate their paths through the medium.

21 Dec 2012